Sandy

Leather Jacket (Asos - old, similar here), Shirt (Forever 21, similar here), Belt (J.Crew - old, similar here), Pants (Silence & Noise via Urban Outfitters, similar here), Shoes (Prabal Gurung for Target - LOVE these!), Necklace (Dogeared)

Too much? I dunno, I feel like head-to-toe leather is a pretty great way to start off an evening. Maybe the only way, depending on what kind of evening you're interested in having [insert obvious and feebly formed S and M joke here]...ahem.

In any case, the leatherizing trend that took off last year for the Fall season has carried itself steadfastly through to Spring, and I plan on riding this cowhide high for as long as I possibly can. The zeroing-in on leather statement pieces that we saw last Fall (especially on garments that aren't typically made in leather e.g. trousers and tops), asserting those many leather culottes, and shirts, and pencil skirts etc as focal points on which to build an outfit, is an exercise in a kind of luxurious minimalism that may otherwise appear to be a Danny Zuko brand of maximalism, despite the fact that it's actually not (Alexander Wang demonstrates this point expertly time and time again with his sumptuous and lucid leather wares that never seem to go out of style and always serve as pitch-perfect outfit building blocks). One (or in this case, two) perfectly tailored, cleanly executed leather garment can MAKE an outfit if you let it—its decadence tempered by its simplicity and straight-forwardness. All I'm saying is that butts look great in leather pants.

Photos © Rose Garrett